The story of Korean history’s most astonishing military victory by its greatly revered strategist, Admiral Yi Sunshin, who lures over 300 Japanese ships into a deadly trap where they meet their fate against only 13 battle ships.

The story of Korean history’s most astonishing military victory by its greatly revered strategist, Admiral Yi Sunshin, who lures over 300 Japanese ships into a deadly trap where they meet their fate against only 13 battle ships.

KIM Yong-hwa’s smash hit sequel Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Daysis shaping up into a global hit, in addition to already conquering the Korean box office. The follow-up to last year’s Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017) has bowed to record numbers in several global territories, including Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States, and recently passed the coveted 10 million viewer mileston...

Another week, another achievement unlocked for Lotte Entertainment’s blockbuster Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017). On January 30, the fantasy epic passed the 14 million-viewer mark, becoming only the third movie in Korean history to do so. According to data from the Korean Film Council(KOFIC)’s Korean Box Office Information System (KOBIS), the fantasy epic has welcomed 14.3 million viewe...

Lotte Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Lotte Group conglomerate, has finally joined the 10 million admissions club thanks to its end-of-year release Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds. Directed by KIM Yong-hwa, the webcomic turned big-budget fantasy epic is the first 10 million viewer film of 2018. Released December 20, the film officially passed the 10 million admissions mark on January 4 and ...

A modern twist of classic novel Alice in Wonderland, Alice In Earnestland finally debuted in local cinemas on 13 August after traveling to festivals and made $20,520 from 3,220 admissions on the opening day. Directed by a first-time feature director AHN Gooc-jin with a significantly low budget of KRW 500 million (USD 425,000), less than 25% of the average production budget for commercial films th...

Korean Film Council’s Korean Academy of Film Arts is putting on ‘2015 KAFA+ KWON Yoo-jin Costume Director Master Class’ on April 28th. At the Korean Academy of Film Arts, many big film professionals were invited to hold master classes for film education purposes. This time, film costumes, which has become increasingly dominant in the industry is the main focus and it is the perfect chance to help ...

Introducing the K-War Program Organized by the TAEGUKGI - Toscana Korea Association with contribution from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), Florence Korea Film Festival is about to have its 13th year of celebrating Korean cinema. Opening on the 20th of March until the 30th, the festival will have a diverse and extensive list of 34 features and 11 shorts from Korea that will wow the audiences of F...

The largest April weekend in Korean history was fueled by the blistering debut of Marvel’s biggest film yet, as Avengers: Infinity War set records across the planet in the biggest global debut of all time with USD 630 million. In Korea, total ticket sales over the weekend reached 3.37 million while Hollywood’s share of that was a dominant 96%. The new Avengers film set a number of records in Korea...

Admissions Down Ahead of Holiday Surge A local period film timed for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday led the chart as Korean films made up 70% of sales at the box office, while the calm before the holiday storm amounted to a quiet weekend with just 1.64 million tickets sold overall. Showbox entered the Lunar New Year fray a week early with Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead, the third entr...

Last year’s end-of-year titans finally relinquished their hold on the top of the chart to make way for new releases as a Hollywood film topped the rankings for the first time since Justice League in late November. It was also the first time Korea fell short of a majority share since that same weekend, accounting for 48.5% of sales. All told, 3.09 million tickets were sold during the frame, with Ho...